caithréim
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cathréim (“military career”), from Old Irish cath (“battle”) + réimm (“course, career”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caithréim f (genitive singular caithréime, nominative plural caithréimeanna)
- triumph (conclusive success, victory)
Declension
[edit]Declension of caithréim
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caithréim | chaithréim | gcaithréim |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caiṫréam”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 109
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caithréim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN